Siege of Segestica (264 BC)

The Siege of Segestica took place in 264 BC when the army of the Roman Republic under Flavius Julius laid siege to the city of Segestica, a stronghold of the Ilyrians. The Romans captured the city, and the region of Ilyria was added to Rome.

History
The Ilyrians of present-day Croatia lived in the cities of Segestica and Salona on the Dalmatian coast, and the barbarians remained uncivilized in their towns. The Roman Senate ordered Flavius Julius to seize Segestica from the unwashed barbarians, and Julius left Patavium with 373 Roman troops to attack the settlement of Segestica, held by Oltenia and 121 Ilyrian barbarians. The Roman forces destroyed the gates of the town with a battering ram, and Oltenia was among those cut down. The town fell easily, and Julius added the region to the Roman Republic with its conquest.